St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-30
SANITY CITY DOINGS.
Commodore Davidson's Remains Ten
derly Laid TO Rest in Oak
land Cemetery.
Rev. Calvin G. Hsrrioit Says Farewell to
the Members of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church.
how TO Swim Scientifically---Funds for
Building a Monument for His
sionary Juds0n.
ASLEEP IN OAKLAND.
The Remains of Commodore Da-
wilson Laid to Rest Yesterday
in the Silent City.

IN IA
The Remains of Commodore Da-
wilson Laid to Rest Yesterday
in the Silent City.
There was no oStentatiOus display at
the funeral of the late Commodore Da-
wilson yesterday. The ceremonies were
brief and the emblems plain, like the
life of the man. In the front parlor of
the spacious residence plain black
caSket, Surmounted by Il silver plate, on
which was inscribed the name and age
of the deceased, repoSed the remains of
the dead. The features were calm and,
aside from the pallor of death, looked
natural enough to the crowd of friends
who filed slowly by to take last look.
Surrounding the caSlet were the pail
bearers and the old choir of the Central
Presbyterian church, where the de-
ceased had worShiped. They were Mrs.
Charles ToleS. Mrs. Philleo, Z. c. Har-
per- B. F. Osgood and Miss Katie
were Gen. j. I. Averill, Capt. Russell
Blakely. Capt. Peter Berkey, A. II.
Wilder. f. f. Drake, John l.. Merriam,
w. p. Murray and c. II. Bigelow The
only floral design was a pillow of white
roses with the word Rest in carna-
ton pinkS. Ats o'clock services were
begun with the singing of the hymn
.'tbide With BE" by the choir. The
funeral address was delivered by the
Rev. Robert +. Maclaren, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church.
HE WAS \ PRINCE.
His theme was chosen from the words
of David: know We not that there is a
prince and great man fallen this day in
Israel" Here was a man." said
the divine. naturally constituted
by the Lord God in such
manner that. place him anywhere. and
mLe would have been prince, and Il,
great man. leader among men, and one
who would devise great things. When
such man falls the whole city feels the
fall thereof. But it is not in vain that
great man falls, if only by his falling he
awakenS those who are asleep to reali-
cation of the great truths of life. When
Gen. Grant died the pastor who eulo-
giZed his life was candid enough to say
that before the Judgment bar of God he
must stand upon an equality with the
poorest and meaneSt soldier who carried
a muSket in the great armies he COM
manded. And so great man like this,
an organizer Of men, now stands before
the Judge, or shall stand there by the
judgment seat, on an equality with the
poorest labOrer that ever carried brick
and mortar in his employ, and the eS-
teen in which he shall there be held
and the place assigned to him shall be
determined by his loyalty to God alone.
His family would have it known that he
died a Christian, and that on his dying
bed, clear iii all his faculties, he eX-
pressed his eager willingness to go, and
declared that he departed hence with
full faith in the Lord Jesus, his Savior.
That is the foundation Of our JOY to-day,
for we have Joy in the midst of our
weeping. 1t is not i'll the mighty build
ingS he reared. or in the great work he
accomplished in the upbuilding of cities,
that we find our JOY to-day. but in the
simple faith in the Lord Jesus by which
he is saved and by which every sinner
upon the face Of the earth is saved. 1t
is my solemn opinion, formed deliber-
ately. that if he had been converted to
the faith of Jesus Christ when young
man he would have been one of the
MIGHTiEST EvANGELISTS
and leaders of the Lords hosts that the
world ever saw. He would never have
led in the upbuiding of any city, but he
would have been leading the hosts of
the Lord IN trui1tlhigup the great king
dom of God on earth. Commodore Da-
wilson came to Christ at fifty years of
<lSC- ltItt IlS wv II ISStlliiOIly DCIOIC d It,
Vival meeting in the city a few years ago
was: 1t makes very poor Christian if
you don't begin before you are fifty
years old Dear friends, remembering
his faith in the Lord and his dying dec
laration of trust in the Savior, we lay bin
away. Peace unto him, waiting for the
resurrection morn. There are gathered
here many who were young men with
Brother Davidson thirty years ago, and
who worked with him to lay the founda-
ton of this city. | know that if our
brother could come again he would teS-
tifv to every one to beware of simply
building up city in which they could
only linger little while, and neglecting
to prepare for home in the city whose
builder and maker is God" Following
Mr.. Maclaren, Rev. II. G. Mabel, pastor
of the First Baptist church, made few
remarks, and offered fervent prayer.
The choir then sang ''Asleep in Jesus"
aud after the friends had one more
chance to gaze upon the remains, the
caSket was closed. and the venerable
pall-bearerS lifted it out through the
stone gateway to the hearse. The
only son of the deceased, with his
widowed mother and orphaned sister, in
deep mourning, followed by other rela-
tiveS and near friends, took seats in the
mOurnerS' carriages, and the funeral
procession moved toward Oakland ceme-
terry, where, after q prayer and the sing
ing of hymn, the body was laid away.